Gary Smith EDA Consulting in Electronic Design
Gary Smith EDA (GSEDA) is the leading provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the global Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronic System Level (ESL) design, and related technology markets.
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Recent Projects
- Worked with EDA company defining specifications for a Silicon Virtual Prototype (SVP).
- Worked with microprocessor company exploring new microprocessor heterogeneous cluster architectures.
- Analyzed the mix of In-House tools and commercial tools, optimizing for best cost/competitive mix.
- Set standard design language usage throughout a multi-division, multi-location design organization that had been fragmented by acquisitions.
- Provided short lists or EDA vendors for benchmarking tools, lowering each benchmarking cost by $120,000.
- Recommended design flows for mixed-signal ICs.
- Provided comparable tool options for contract negotiations.
- Worked on an internal team to upgrade the companies Designer from Mainstream to Power users (a four year program).
- Set purchasing strategies to upgrade EDA vendor support, increasing design team efficiency and decreasing design costs.
- Held a four month methodology review recommending design team changes that lowered overall costs.
- Analyzed the use of off-shore resources and associated costs.
- Restructured purchasing strategies to eliminate the costly purchase of non-optimal or seldom used EDA tools.
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InfoTech-2013 in China
Sat June 22, 2013 8:00 am
Advances in SoC Design
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DAC Pavilion Panel
Mon June 03, 2013 9:15-10:15am
EDA Trends and What's Hot
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Cooley's DAC Troublemaker
Mon June 03, 2013 3:00-4:00
Annual Panel, Ballroom G
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GSEDA Sunday Night at DAC
Sun June 02, 2013 5:00-5:30pm
Convention Ctr Ballrm ABC
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Multi-Platform Wallchart
Multi-Platform Based Design Wallchart lists vendors by design platform function: Functional, Foundation & Apps Platforms
Publish date: June 2013 -
Designers' Seat Count
Design Engineering seats by ESL HW & SW, CAE, IC CAD, PCB, FPGA pyramid seats
Publish date: May 2013 -
2013 Market Trends v2
RTL and PCB market share, forecast & analysis by sub-apps
Publish date: Nov 2013 -
2013 Market Forecast
5 year future projections for industry growth
Publish date: June 2013 -
What to See at DAC 2013
Annual list of Hot Products
Publish date: June 2013 -
DATE review
2013 Review of the DATE show
Publish date: June 2013 -
2013 Market Trends v1
ESL and IC CAD market share, forecast & analysis by sub-apps
Publish date: Nov 2013 -
GSEDA Sunday Night @ DAC
Receive the full presentation of Gary's talk with EDA forecast
Publish date: June 2013 -
ESL CAE CAD Wallcharts
Visual representations of the EDA vendors' tools per category: EDA ESL, CAE, and CAD/CAM
Publish date: June 2013
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Tech Online
Build, Borrow, Buy: New Approaches to Addressing Software Complexity -
Cadence
The Denali Party by Cadence -
Cadence blogs
Cadence DAC 2013 and Denali Party Update -
Cadence blogs
Panel: 3D-IC Design Experts Tackle “Practical Issues” in 2.5D and 3D TSV Deployment -
Cadence blogs
Electronic System Level (ESL) Design Gets a Pragmatic Look at EDPS Workshop
